The journal seeks to broaden awareness and appreciation of past leaders, including Maga’låhi Huråo, Agueda Johnston, and Father Jesus Baza Duenas, and to inspire current and upcoming local leaders through the examples of their predecessors. 

Editor John Joseph Perez and Co-editor Lt. Col. Thomas Anderson worked with graduate and undergraduate students in the university’s Senior ROTC program to research and write each piece featured in this premier issue. 

“The most important credit goes to the writer-warrior scholars who endeavored to research and write about the regional leaders featured in this volume,” Anderson said. “The undercurrent in their writing is their own experiences of persevering through a pandemic, which occurred while working to complete this issue.” 

The journal will launch on Tuesday with a private event adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. The launch will begin at 6 p.m. and will be livestreamed for the public on the UOG Press Facebook page. 

“The Leadership Journal of Micronesia” is available for pre-order at uogpress.com, and customers can pick up or purchase a copy at the UOG Press office, located on the second floor of the Micronesian Area Research Center on the UOG campus, starting Wednesday. 

For additional information, please contact UOG Press Marketing Communications Coordinator Via De Fant at (671) 735-2153 or defantv@triton.uog.edu.